An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and MadnessNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply powerful memoir about bipolar illness that has both transformed and saved lives—with a new preface by the author. Dr. Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide. Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication. |
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... living in Washington , frequently skipped classes to go to the Smithsonian or the Army Medical Museum or just to smoke and drink beer with her friends . She resented me , feeling that I was , as she mockingly put it , " the fair ...
... living in Washington , frequently skipped classes to go to the Smithsonian or the Army Medical Museum or just to smoke and drink beer with her friends . She resented me , feeling that I was , as she mockingly put it , " the fair ...
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... living space , and veterinary requirements , I also write a series of poems about sloths and essays about what they meant to me , design a habitat for them that would work within our current house , and make detailed observations of ...
... living space , and veterinary requirements , I also write a series of poems about sloths and essays about what they meant to me , design a habitat for them that would work within our current house , and make detailed observations of ...
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... living within this walled - off military world . Expectations were clear and excuses were few ; it was a society that genuinely believed in fair play , honor , physical courage , and a will- ingness to die for one's country . True , it ...
... living within this walled - off military world . Expectations were clear and excuses were few ; it was a society that genuinely believed in fair play , honor , physical courage , and a will- ingness to die for one's country . True , it ...
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... living , at its best , and at its worst , must have been : civilized , gracious , elitist , and singularly intolerant of personal weakness . A willingness to sacrifice one's own desires was a given ; self - control and restraint were ...
... living , at its best , and at its worst , must have been : civilized , gracious , elitist , and singularly intolerant of personal weakness . A willingness to sacrifice one's own desires was a given ; self - control and restraint were ...
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... living in dif- ferent houses . My parents , although still living together , were essentially estranged . My mother was busy teach- ing , looking after all of us , and going to graduate school ; my father was caught up in his scientific ...
... living in dif- ferent houses . My parents , although still living together , were essentially estranged . My mother was busy teach- ing , looking after all of us , and going to graduate school ; my father was caught up in his scientific ...
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